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Top News: iPad3 | Mandatory Facebook access | Google Plus image problem

iPad 3 What to expect at Apple’s event. New iPad expected with faster chip, sharper screen. How the iPad could give Microsoft a serious r  [...]

There May Be an FM Button on Your Smartphone After All

Getting FM on smartphones has moved one step closer with the acquisition of SiPort, a company that manufacturers HD radio chips, by Intel. Intel quietly acquired the firm earlier this month, but little notice has been taken of it, writes Radio World. "There's no press announcement on the acquisition of the privately-held SiPort, which, in addition to HD Radio, also designs and manufactures ICs for Digital Multimedia Broa  [...]

Will FM Find Its Way to the Cell Phone? Not if Cell Phone Manufacturers Have Anything to Say About It

The National Association of Broadcasters has put forth a plan in which radio stations would give up their exemption for license fees for the music they play - shelling out on average $100 million a year. In exchange, one of the perks NAB is asking for is a government mandate that would force cell phone manufacturers to offer FM radio on their devices (via the New York Times). It is a tricky, multi-layere  [...]

iPad Users Like the ABC app - Even If They Can't Stream it to Their TV

ABC says iPad users have played more than 1.5 million episodes of ABC television shows since the iPad went on sale in early April, while more than 400,000 copies of the free ABC player have been downloaded. Traditional :30 Spots The advertising seen in ABC's shows for the iPad are currently the same kind seen on TV, but by the fall, ABC expects to offer advertisers interactive ads, of the sort featured on its web player,   [...]

Mobile TV Coalition Vague on Advertising Plans

A coalition of twelve local broadcasting station groups, including stations from NBCU, Fox, and ION Television, have formed a consortium to offer television content via mobile devices. The group represents 173 stations and collectively reaches 150 million people - an appealing target for advertisers. Unfortunately, it has not put forth clear cut advertising strategies yet. Speaking to Broadcasting Cable, Cox Media Group President Sandy Schwartz   [...]

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ABC Ruling Gives iPad Important Publishing Cred

Despite technical issues marketers have with the iPad - namely its lack of Flash  - the device is clearly going to be an important platform for advertisers, publishers and consumers. Its latest boost comes from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which recently modified its definition of a digital magazine to accommodate it and similar devices,   [...]

Industry Buzz & News: 03/09/10

Search: Google stats get animated with Public Data Explorer. Google, Dish testing new TV search service. Ad Technologies: Bidding platform DataXu raises $11M in secon  [...]

CBS to Experiment with 99 Cent Prices for Some Shows on iTunes

CBS has said that it has agreed to experiment with Apple in reducing the price of some of its shows on iTunes, cutting prices from $1.99 for most shows to 99 cents for some. Les Moonves, chief executive of CBS Corp., said on a conference call with analysts last week that certain shows would sell for 99 cents, but he did not yet know which those will be. Those in the industry doubt the experiment will include newer episodes of top shows like NCIS,   [...]

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Dockers Links TV Tag, Content Site in Super Bowl Ad

Dockers is advertising during the Super Bowl for the first time since 2002 with an integrated campaign that includes technology provided by a mobile music discovery application provider and a branded content site to engage the consumer more deeply than a 30 second spot during the game could. Men Without Pants Dockers has partnered with Shazam to develop the "Men Without Pants" TV commer  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 01/20/10

Ad Networks: Opera buys AdMarvel to shore up advertising. Analytics: Why your website statistic reports are wrong, part 3. Social Media: Forrester report   [...]

E-readers, Tablets Not Likely To Save Newspapers

Some industry watchers had predicted that e-readers just might save the newspaper industry - but that has yet to happen, despite the fact that e-reader sales are soaring, reports MediaBuyerPlanner. About six million e-reader devices - including Amazon’s Kindle, Sony’s e-reader, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and Conde Nast’s Skiff - will be sold this year, Forrester predicts (  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 01/06/10

Media: US Local News Network partners with LA Times on new site. Analytics: In wake of data mergers, hyper-targeting takes shape. Search: How to   [...]

Consumer Groups Call for 'TV Everywhere' Investigation

The cable industry's TV Everywhere initiative is being attacked by seven consumer advocacy groups that claim the plan stifles competition in the emerging market for online television programming. The groups - Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Open Technology Institute, Participatory Culture Foundation and Public Knowledge - say TV Everywhere is the result of "illegal collusion," and have filed l  [...]

Streaming Olympics Coverage Foretells More Sports Specials – and Fees

TV Everywhere is still in its infancy but a new offering on NBCOlympics.com illustrates how easily it can - and probably will - be customized and segmented for specific viewers. People who subscribe to cable, satellite or telco TV service will be able to view live streaming Olympics coverage on NBCOlympics.com. Called "Olympics Online Connect", the service, for which viewers have to register, will provide more than 1,000 hours of live Olympic streaming  [...]

What TV Everywhere May Tell Us About Online Ads

Marketers are hopeful they will get new insights into online ads as TV Everywhere initiatives such as the rollout of Comcast's on-demand, streaming TV service, Fancast Xfinity TV get underway. Xfinity contains 2,000 plus hours of content, and includes shows - indeed, entire seasons of shows - from content partners including HBO, Cinemax, Starz, TNS, TNT, A&E, AMC, Discovery Channel, History, and BBC America. Comcast also plans to roll Xfinity out to mobile devices next year, the company said.  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 12/09/09

Media Strategies: NYTimes, Washington Post partner with Google to create living stories. Digital publications may be a hard sell. Yahoo to sell HotJobs for right pric  [...]

Marketing Will Drive Content in AOL's Rebrand

Marketing-driven content will figure prominently in AOL's plans to re-establish itself as a premier online channel after Time Warner spins it off next month. The company's chief executive, Tim Armstrong, said that content is the one area on the web that hasn't seen its full potential. He therefore plans to significantly increase the amount of content AOL produces. The company currently employs 3,000 journalists, and that number is growing,   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/27/09

Search Technologies: Google Social Search to go live next week. Social web browser Flock is partnering with Spanish-language media company Univision Google Voice lets users keep their numbers.   [...]

Microsoft Earnings Cap Promising Week

Microsoft capped off a busy week on Friday with its pleasantly surprising quarterly earnings report. Quarterly revenues were $12.92 billion - a 14% decline from this point last year. Net income was $3.57 billion, or 40 cents per share. These results, though, were higher than Wall Street analysts had been projecting; specifically, those polled by Thomson Reuters expected the Redmond-based company to post a profit of   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/23/09

Web 2.0 Trends: Amazon: Earnings are up; Kindle is best seller. It's official – Facebook is king of the social networking scene: MySpace has conceded defeat in contest to become the largest online social network. Dailymotion, Europe’s biggest online video challenger to YouTube  [...]